August 15th 2004
It’s reassuring to see that people aren’t being fooled by the Google IPO. An advertising company is worth $300 million max, not $30 billion.
Archive for August 15th, 2004
August 15th 2004
The Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger has been a flop. Just as I predicted two years ago.
August 15th 2004
If you can believe anything the New York Post publishes, the Fed will use the internet for transferring money. This is great… while short-sighted people think it’s going to fail, the far-sighted people will see that this will strengthen the internet and make it more secure, not less. Necessity is the mother of invention.
August 15th 2004
B&S
I haven’t been off the island in weeks, so I just got Belle & Sebastian’s “Books” CD last night. I can’t stop listening to “Your Cover’s Blown”:
Hey lady, put the phone down
Cancel all operations
Tell your friends to cool it
Cause your cover’s blown
I want to see you alone
Cancel all operations
Tell your friends to cool it
Pitchfork Media calls it the “indie party hit of the summer”. I agree… it was fun driving down California Avenue in West Seattle last night heading to dinner in the 80-degree weather with the windows open listening to this disco, bass-pumping song. 
This band just gets better and better.
